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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zéi - thief
- traitor
- wily
- deceitful
- evil
- extremely

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 3,212 4,400 4,076

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Weapons

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 3,212 4,400 4,076
盗贼 - - 10,654 17,750 25,004
窃贼 - - 14,042 23,143 30,932
乌贼 - - 15,418 48,188 26,893
飞贼 - - 22,567 58,657 73,789
卖国贼 - - 30,417 38,835 26,756
贼船 - - 31,335 57,619 34,735
马贼 - - 32,069 48,690 98,526
贼心 - - 37,514 64,337 44,879
贼窝 - - 37,567 - 80,745
国贼 - - 50,124 74,977 45,405
贼头贼脑 - - 51,604 - 108,765
叛贼 - - 64,105 - -
枪乌贼 - - 64,363 - -
贼亮 - - 64,889 91,497 50,431
奸贼 - - 69,807 82,334 83,972
贼眼 - - 89,512 95,140 93,525